Holder for registration certificates



1,526,490 B. H. BRRESON HOLDER FOR REGISTRATION CERTIFICATES Filed April 14 1924 *SIG z F76. 6 l [NYE/vrai? y BfzeE-H. P/ae'So/Y TTfeA/Ers Patented Feb. 17, 1925.

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BRRE n. BRnEsoN, on sT. PAUL, MINNESOTA..

HOLDER FOR REGISTRATION CERTIFICATES.

Application filed April 14, 1924.

T0 all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, Bnnn H. lloiunisoi, a citizen of the United States, resident ot St.

Paul, county of Ramsey, and State ot' Minnesota, have invented certain new and use'tul Improvements in I-Iolde-rs for Registration Certificates, ot which the following is a speciiication. y

The object of my invent-ion is to provide a simple inexpensive holder in which the certificate of registration indicating the ownership ot a car and the license number may be placed and be plainly visible to a person in the car or making an examination et it.

The invention consists generally in various constructions and combinations all as hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this speciiication,

Figure 1 is a` iront view of a certificate holder embodying my invention;

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same;

Figure 3 is a sectional view on the line 3 of Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a. view of the holder before the certificate has been inserted therein, and

Figures 5 vand 6 are detail sectional views showing a means for holding in place the transparent sheet that is fitted over the certiiicate.

Figurer? is a longitudinal sectional view showini' oditled construction.

In the awing:

2 represents a plate preferably stamped or pressed trom sheet met-al and having a series of geometrica-l figures formed in the surface et the. metal separated by ribs 3 which aid in stiiiening and bracing the metal and holding the plate in shape. The longitudinal edges of the plate are provided with flanges 4 which are turned inwardly to term guides 5. A depression or seat 6 is formed in the plate adjacent the guides 5 and upon this seat is placed the registration certificate 7 on which the name of the owner appears and the li cense number and the name ot the State issuing the certificate. The position of this registration certiiicate is illustrated plainly in Figure 3 where its edges are shown resting on the seat 6 below the guides 5. @ver this certificate, I provide a transparent plate consisting of a sheet of celluloid 8 or some other suitable material having its edges fitting Within the guides 5 and suitably secured Serial No. 706,376.

thereto; the sheet 8 having end portions 9 which project beyond the plate and are adapted to be Yfolded and fit the depressions 10 formed in the rear oi the plate 2 so that the rear surface olr the ends will he. iiusli substantially with the back oit the plate and will allow the plate to be seated squarely against its support. rIlle transparent matcrial ot which the. sheet 8 is composed will allow the ends to he folded as indicated in Figure 2; the folds reina iningl in their :Folded position and being held by the pressure oi the plate against its support when the device is mounted in the car. Any suitable` means may be provided tor securing the plate but I prefer to provide holes 11 in the flanges L and through thc guides in which screws or other suitable means may be inserted tor tastening the plate on the instrument hoard or any other suitable place in the car.

In some cases, it may be desirable to provide a securing means for the ends S) and as shown in Figures 5 and G I may press lugs or ears 12 out of the plate and told these ears over the ends 9 and hold them securely against accidental displacement.

The device described above is inexpensive in-construction. The ribs formed in the surface of the material serve to make it more rigid and allows the use ot compa atively thin metal, and with the manner ot mounting the registration certificate and the transparent plate thercover, the interior ot the holder will be water-proof and the certificate protected 'from damage by the clements. Furthermore, the device will present a neat, attractive appearance on the instrument board or wherever it may be placed.

This holder will be formed by means ot a suitable die, a shelf or seat being provided to receive the certificate or tag, and the ends of the transparent sheet being folded back under the holder will effectually close the ends ot the holder and no gaps or openings will be exposed around the edge ot' the sheet through which mois ture or dust might enter the holder. The device embodies several features of construction shown and described in my United States Patent #1,414,251, issued April 25, 1922, and is designed as an adjunct or supplementary to the device ot said patent.

In F igurc 7, I have shown a modified construction in which the ends ot' the transparent sheet are shown flush with the ends of the guide flanges Ll and the holder' plate has ends 9a arranged to project beyond the transparent plate and the tag or registration certificate so that when the parts have been assembled these ends 9n may be iolded up around the ends of the card and the overlying transparent sheet to hold them in place and close the joint between the transparent sheet and the card and prevent the entrance of dust or moisture between or over them. The ends 9 in effect With this arrangement Jform continuations of theanges 4 so that the edges or' the transparent sheet and the Card will be covered entirely around the border of the holder.

l claim as my invention:

l. A certiicate holder comprising a plate having inwardly folded edges forming guides, a transparent sheet ot' flexible material having its edges inserted into saidv guides, and held thereby, said plate having a seat for a certilicate of registration under said transparent sheet, an end oi' said transparent sheet extending beyond an edge o'r' said plate and adapted to be `folded around the edge of said plate and held and eoncealed between the edge of said plate and the support whereon it is mounted.

2. A certificate holder comprising a plate having a. depressed seat formed therein eX- tending around the plate adjacent to its edges, the longitudinal edges oi said plate being folded inwardly toward said seat and cooperating with said plate to forni parallel l guides, a sheet of flexible transparent ma terial having its longitudinal edges iitting within said guides and covered thereby, a certificate ot registration or tag being placed on said seat under said transparent plate and visible through said plate, the ends ei' said transparent sheet extending beyond the corresponding ends of said plate and being folded around the ends of said plate and covered thereby and held against the support on which said holder is mounted.

3. A holder comprising a plate having inwardly i'olded edges forming guides, a transparent sheet of flexible material having edges inserted in said guides, and the plate having a seat formed therein for a registration or tag card, the transparent sheet and said plate being folded one around the edge of the other to exclude the entrance of dust and moisture, and said holder being adapted to be mounted on an instrument board or other support.

In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 10th day of April, 1924.

Bonne H. Bonussen. 

